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CVE-2016-5828

Published: Jun 27, 2016

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The start_thread function in arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 on powerpc platforms mishandles transactional state, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (invalid process state or TM Bad Thing exception, and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by starting and suspending a transaction before an exec system call.

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References

USN-3070-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
openSUSE-SU-2016:2184
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
RHSA-2016:2574
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
USN-3070-3
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-3070-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-3071-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
DSA-3616
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
USN-3070-4
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
91415
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
SUSE-SU-2016:2105
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
USN-3071-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
SUSE-SU-2016:1937
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE

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